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CAC has been sponsoring summer Art Workshops at Menucha for over 50 years that are about the most fun a person can have!
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DYNAMIC WATERMEDIA
Paint with gusto using acrylic mediums and water play to enhance your watercolor technique
Intensional play is our path to discovery in this process-driven experience as we integrate paint with texture. We’ll also explore invented color, value, shape and other design principles while creating our own personal works of art. Texture stimulates both sight and touch. We find sensual joy in experiencing a tactile surface. Being visually active, textured paintings feel more dynamic and we emotionally connect. Texture can be on the surface (visual) or raised above the surface (dimensional). It can be applied before painting, over the paint or even added at a later stage. Learn to create textured paper then paint your subject in watercolor on the surface. Breathe new life into unfinished or unloved paintings while enhancing the concept behind your work by overlaying texture and patterning. Rene provides demonstrations and individual guidance. Open to beginners or advanced students.
$370 tuition and fee
plus lodging and meals
DATES: August 4-10, 2019
Registration starts April 1st
scholarships available
REGISTER through
Creative Arts Community
Location: Menucha Retreat Center / Corbett, Oregon
Overview:
Day 1 / MONDAY
MORNING — TAPPING INTO OUR CREATIVE JUICES
BORROWING INSPIRATION helps get us into the creative process – slide show
ACRYLIC TEXTURE: In a spirit of playfulness, learn to make subtle to highly textured surfaces using acrylic mediums on watercolor paper for painting on later – demo, then work time
AFTERNOON —
DEMO: Poured paint backgrounds
QUICK DRAW EXERCISES help us interpret our paintings uniquely and allow us to trust our intuitive creativity
Then work time — sketch a painting over textured or painted backgrounds
Day 2 / TUESDAY
MORNING — DESIGN vs. CONTENT
Looking at VALUE and SHAPE in your paintings. What makes a dynamic painting? — slide show
PAINT TEXTURE Strategies – demo
Hone your design
AFTERNOON — CHOOSE A FOCUS
/ Quick value thumbnails are a brilliant resource / demo: value study with LYRA water soluble graphite
TRANSFER TECHNIQUES / Many starts encourage experimentation and innovation
Day 3 — WEDNESDAY
MORNING — COLOR STRATEGIES
/ Using creative color – demo
Make a quick painting with an unusual color triad
AFTERNOON —
Watercolor ON A PANEL – demo
Working time / One-on-one suggestions
Day 4 — THURSDAY
MORNING — PAINTING STYLES
Try one on for size
AFTERNOON —
REPURPOSING AN UNLOVED PAINTING – demo
Working time / spot demos
Day 5 — FRIDAY
MORNING — CORNERS & EDGES lecture
— Notice how the eye flows through the painting
Working time / spot demos or suggestions
AFTERNOON —
Painting time, One-on-one suggestions
Art Share to celebrate what we’ve learned